Saturday, May 24, 2014

1 in 5 Chester students read at grade level. A 380% improvement

The Delcotimes reports - The number of elementary school students reading at grade level has risen to 21 percent, according to school officials. That marked a 380 percent increase from last October, when only 4.5 percent achieved at that level.

Also, reports of violence is drastically down and the school district’s finances remained hampered by a “structural deficit” caused in part by the high percentage of students who attend charter schools.

The school district brass is so proud of these achievements they’ve been seen on the nightly news and must have sent out some press releases.

4 comments:

This is something to be pleased with if it is factual. People have to realize that any slight improvement in the schools for our youth should be recognized and acknowledged. People realize it will take years—before a change is really effective and reveals a high yield—to bring our youth to full circle and our educational systems and students become competitive. I just hope the chosen officials are using curricula that are proven and not just experimental. Parents—spend 2 hours per night with your elementary youth—it is necessary!

True. It's good to see improvement but it's sad to see where the baseline begins. It would be great to keep these young students on track all the way through graduation. It's the middle school years that see the biggest drop off.

It's 9th grade I think is the biggest drop off. Try follow a entering class until the end. Most of our teens drop out, low grades and parents tend not to be involved at all in 9th grade. Its like they drop them off at curb in 9th and you don't see parents until 12th graduation night if their child makes it. If you can keep the parents on track then the students will stay on track.